Middle East / Levant

The Umrah (the meaning in Arabic is literally '"to visit a populated place"') is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca.

According to Monday's reports, Iran’s Ministry of Industries (MIMT) has ordered plants and factories producing protective face masks to ramp up production.

"We will definitely be victorious against this virus in the next few weeks. But be careful; coronavirus does not discriminate."

His death came when the deposed iron-fisted ruler of Egypt couldn't have been more cognizant of his complete rejection by his former subjects.

"The Israeli warplanes targeted, from outside Syrian airspace and from over the occupied Syrian Golan, the surrounding of Damascus with a number of batches of missiles."

Both Turkey and Pakistan closed their borders with Iran, and Turkey also halted incoming flights.

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed late Sunday night that fighter pilots bombed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) positions south of Damascus.

Israel Start-Up Nation will make history again in June when it becomes the first Israeli team to compete in the Tour de France.

In the past 24 hours, the Islamic Republic of Iran reported a total of five cases of the illness to the WHO, including the two in Qom who died Wednesday.

“Both of the people who had tested positive for coronavirus were in Qom and were old. Both have passed away.”

IDF Brig. Gen. Hidai Zilberman said the new branch will “concentrate on the design and planning of the campaign against Iran.”

We know you're Jewish, Bernie, we just don't know why God did it to us.

If the Democratic senators had the meeting, said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, “I hope they were reinforcing America’s foreign policy, not their own.”

"The octopus' head must be weakened and worn down, in order to injure its tentacles," Bennett said, repeating a favorite underwater metaphor.

The prosecution noted the accused was deliberately disrupting the peace in a public place, and used violence to achieve his aim.

Once all four reactors come on line, the plant should generate 5,600 megawatts of electricity, meeting 25 percent of the UAE’s needs.

The terror chief was speaking at an event honoring Hezbollah “martyrs” as well as Iranian allies killed by Israel and the United States.

Israel is developing ties with a long list of Arab and Muslims countries.

There is no way to independently confirm the report, but if it is true, it would not be the first time the site has been threatened.

Nuff said.

The raid Killed 7 Iranian and Syrian officers.

King Salman bin Abdulaziz phoned Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas "to underscore Saudi Arabia’s firm position on the Palestinian cause."

Airstrikes by unidentified forces were carried out late Thursday night in the area of Damascus International Airport, allegedly targeting ammunition and weapons depots belonging...

The weapons seized include 150 ‘Dehlavieh’ anti-tank guided missiles and three Iranian surface-to-air missiles.

There was no immediate information on casualties.

Iran was reacting to DM Bennett's statement: "When an octopus' tentacles hit you, don't just fight back against those arms, but strangle the head as well."

The growing Turkish activity in Jerusalem and its support for the Muslim Brotherhood are of concern to Israel.

The two university, and by extension all Ivy League schools, are accused of vigorously soliciting funds from foreign governments, companies and individuals who are openly hostile to the US.

Israel is now targeting not only Iran’s proxy forces but also the regime itself, via “economic, diplomatic and intelligence measures, as well as with military means,” says Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett.

“These countries aim, via these promises [steps], to come closer to the US, although they know that the deal will be opposed by the majority in the Arab League," Bin Jassim tweeted his speculation.